Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 12 December 2023
754. Deputy Jim O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Health the number of public patients that have been removed from outpatient lists in 2023 as a result of a validation exercise and not as a result of having an appointment with a consultant for each public and voluntary hospital, in tabular form. [54526/23]
View answerPeriodic validation forms an essential part of best practice in relation to the management of hospital waiting lists.
Validation is a process whereby hospital administration contacts patients on waiting lists at preplanned intervals to ensure that patients are ready, willing, suitable and available to attend a hospital appointment or if they wish to be removed.
For a number of years validation was conducted at individual hospital level in Ireland but in 2018, the Minister for Health approved the establishment of the National Centralised Validation Unit (NCVU) within the National Treatment Purchase Fund (NTPF). The establishment of a centralised function has facilitated the introduction of a standardised approach to validation of waiting lists across all hospitals and across Inpatient Day Case and Outpatient waiting lists.
In relation to the data requested by the Deputy, the NCVU provided the attached document which outlines outpatient validation removal figures by hospital to the end of November.
|
Hospital Group |
Hospital |
Number of OP Removals as a result of Validation |
Hospital Group Total |
|
CHI |
CHI at Connolly |
227 |
10351 |
|
CHI |
CHI at Crumlin |
5128 |
|
|
CHI |
CHI at Tallaght |
2014 |
|
|
CHI |
CHI at Temple Street |
2982 |
|
|
DMHG |
Coombe Women and Infants University Hospital |
25 |
22073 |
|
DMHG |
Midland Regional Hospital Portlaoise |
1736 |
|
|
DMHG |
Midland Regional Hospital Tullamore |
2794 |
|
|
DMHG |
Naas General Hospital |
2175 |
|
|
DMHG |
St. James's Hospital |
4679 |
|
|
DMHG |
Tallaght University Hospital |
10664 |
|
|
IEHG |
Mater Misericordiae University Hospital |
8565 |
21835 |
|
IEHG |
Midland Regional Hospital Mullingar |
1742 |
|
|
IEHG |
National Maternity Hospital (Holles Street) |
183 |
|
|
IEHG |
National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh |
419 |
|
|
IEHG |
Our Lady's Hospital Navan |
1334 |
|
|
IEHG |
Royal Victoria Eye and Ear Hospital |
3071 |
|
|
IEHG |
St. Columcille's Hospital |
1040 |
|
|
IEHG |
St. Luke's General Hospital Kilkenny |
781 |
|
|
IEHG |
St. Michael's Hospital |
281 |
|
|
IEHG |
St. Vincent's University Hospital |
3928 |
|
|
IEHG |
Wexford General Hospital |
491 |
|
|
RCSI |
Cavan General Hospital |
6 |
973 |
|
RCSI |
Connolly Hospital Blanchardstown |
583 |
|
|
RCSI |
Louth County Hospital |
69 |
|
|
RCSI |
Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital Drogheda |
45 |
|
|
RCSI |
Rotunda Hospital |
270 |
|
|
SAOLTA |
Galway University Hospital |
11642 |
25908 |
|
SAOLTA |
Galway University Hospitals |
58 |
|
|
SAOLTA |
Letterkenny University Hospital |
3942 |
|
|
SAOLTA |
Mayo University Hospital |
3397 |
|
|
SAOLTA |
Mercy University Hospital |
0 |
|
|
SAOLTA |
Portiuncula University Hospital |
729 |
|
|
SAOLTA |
Roscommon University Hospital |
1748 |
|
|
SAOLTA |
Sligo University Hospital |
4392 |
|
|
SSWHG |
Bantry General Hospital |
111 |
14108 |
|
SSWHG |
Cork University Hospital |
6063 |
|
|
SSWHG |
Cork University Maternity Hospital |
104 |
|
|
SSWHG |
Mallow General Hospital |
398 |
|
|
SSWHG |
Mercy University Hospital |
1463 |
|
|
SSWHG |
South Infirmary Victoria University Hospital |
2570 |
|
|
SSWHG |
Tipperary University Hospital |
965 |
|
|
SSWHG |
University Hospital Kerry |
2269 |
|
|
SSWHG |
University Hospital Waterford |
165 |
|
|
ULHG |
Croom Orthopaedic Hospital |
1111 |
9448 |
|
ULHG |
Ennis Hospital |
303 |
|
|
ULHG |
Nenagh Hospital |
264 |
|
|
ULHG |
St. John's Hospital Limerick |
351 |
|
|
ULHG |
University Hospital Limerick |
7419 |
|
|
National Total |
104696 |
104696 |
